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Ear:bqHake in Southern Europe
Two Thousand Victims

Two Thousand Victims.
Advices from Rome, February 23d give
particulars of two earthquake shocks at
| Nice at a. IN. the same day. Houses
rocked and several fell down. People
rushed from their houses and fell upon
their knees in the streets, praying for de-
liverance from sudden death. Visitors to
the city became thoroughly frightened and
are leaving. Many persons are injured by
falling debris. Crowds of naskers were
returning from the carnival festival when
the earthquake occurred. The first shock
created an immediate panic. Women
screamed in terror, and there was a wild
rush in all directions for safety. The bark
ing of dogs and the changing of church bells
added to the momentary terror. The peo-
pie first rushed to the church of Notre
Dame and besieged the confessionals. The
dramatic scene was presented of many
strong men on their knees praying. Then
came the second shock, and terror was de-
picted on every face. The praying crowds
FASTENED outside for safety. The troops
were called out to keep order among the
crowds besiegiug the railways throughout
the city.
Shocks were also felt at Monte Carlo and
Monaco at which places they were so Sc
we're that rocks were detached from the
cliffs and precipitated into the sea. At
Genoa, Turin and Milan the effects were
similar. At Luci the shock lasted forty
seconds. At Geneva it lasted one minute,
creating the greatest excitement. So far
as ascertained no damage was caused.
A second and severer shock of earth
quake occurred in Genoa, Pavla Lucia,
Cueo, Alblsselo. Poto, Maurizis, Oneglia
and Nolin. At Savonio eight persons were
killed and fifteen others injured I'm
mense damage was done to property. The
shocks affect wide and eccentric area.
The first shock occurred at s. 80 and the
last at 10 a. m. The earthquake was felt
throughout Ligouri and Piedmont.
Paris dispatch of February 23d states
that slight shocks were felt at Wines, Pri-
val, Valence, Genoble and Lyons. The
gendarmerie barracks OF Cologne collapsed
and several persons were killed or injured.
Business was suspended almost every
where. Two sharp shocks were felt in
Corsica. 1t is reported that several per-
sons were killed at Mentone, where ST.
Michael's Church was damaged and the
Post Office wrecked. An inmate of the
Convent of the Holy Sacrament at Nice
died from fright.
A London dispatch states that two vio-
lent shocks were felt at TOulon, the first
being fifteen seconds duration and the sec
ond twelve. At Cannes three shocks We're
felt at the same hour. The first shock,
which was very violent, lasted for min
ute. Many persons at this place rushed
to the seashore for safety At Avignon
three shocks were experienced between 6
and o'clock The first shock was very
violent. Several shocks We're felt at &C.
neva at o'clock
Further details from Riviera increase
the disaster. At Cervo, near Diano, Ma
rino, 800 were killed by being buried in the
ruins of falling buildings. At Turin the
churches suffered severely. In the neigh
borhood of Dordigan many houses fell,
killing many persons.
The earthquake devastated the whole of
the Italian Riviera at Noll, on the Gulf of
Genoa and not far from Sarona. Several
houses fell and forty-fve persons were
killed and thirty injured at Onegi. Also
on the Gulf of Genoa, at DiariOmarino,
near Onegi, scores of people were killed
and hundreds injured. Fully one-third of
the town was destroyed.
Advices from Rome, February 24th, are
to the effect that over 1900 persons had
been killed in the Genoese Riviera by the
earthquake of the previous day. The in
habitants of the village of Bajardo took
refuge in a church. Subsequent shocks de- |
molished the building, killing 800 people. !
Up to the evening of the oath two thou
sand deaths in Italy alone bad boon Of !
ficially reported. One-third of the inhabi-
tants of Brussana, village of 500 pOpula-
ton, are said to be buried in the ruins.
Not one of 106 communes in the populous
province of Porto Maurice escaped injury.
The villages built on terraces on the sides
of hills are almost all destroyed. The
was strongly felt at sea. At
Bastellaro church collapsed killing
many person. The transport Rome has
left Genoa, to take on board SEQ prisoners